The Department of Pharmacology-IOD is headed by Prof.Dr.Rabiea Bilal. Department is keenly involved in formulating appropriate course goals, content and assessment methods. As Director ORIC, Prof.Rabiea is assisting undergraduate and postgraduate students in conceptualising and designing of research projects. After completing her doctorate in Pharmacology, she is enrolled in Applied Clinical Research program by McMaster university,CA. She has national and international publications in peer reviewed journals.
- Bilal,R., Zakaria,M., Usman., A., Aftab,S. and Zia,A., 2011. Antihyperlipidaemic effects of Eugenia jambolana fruit in diet induced hyperlipidaemic rats. J Pak Med Assoc, 61(5):433-437. (Impact Factor =0.7)
- Bilal,R., Zakaria,M., Usman., A. and Zia,A., 2011. Comparison of simvastatin with Eugenia jambolana fruit pulp in their effects on Alanine Transferase, Aspartate Aminotransferase andCreatinine Phosphokinase levels of hyperlipidaemic rats. J Pak Med Assoc, 61(12):1190-1194. (Impact Factor =0.7)
- Bilal,R., Zakaria,M., Rashid,M. and Latif,W., 2013. Comparison of antihyperlipidemic activity of Eugenia jambolana fruit with Punicagranatum fruit in diet induced hyperlipidemic rats. PAFMJ, 63(4):463-469.
- Rashid,M., Shabbir,A., Bilal,R. and Hannan,A., 2013. Antityphoid Activity of Peel, Pericarp and Fruit Extracts of Punicagranatum (Pomegranate) in vitro. Pak J Med Health Sci, 7(2):381-384.
- Bilal,R., Tariq,S., Rashid,M., Latif,W., Noreen,S., 2017. Comparison of hepatoprotective activity of Eugenia Jambolana fruit with Punica Granatum fruit in diet induced hyperlipidemic rats. J Uni Med Dent Coll, 8(1):49-55.
- Bilal,R., Usman,M., Muqeet.Khan,A., Latif,W., Saud.Ahmad,N. and Riffat,S., 2018. Development and validation of a chromatographic method for quantification of rasagiline in human plasma. Trop J Pharm Res, 17(11):2243-2248. (Impact Factor=0.5)
- Mazhar,U., Anwar,F., Ahmad,B., Bilal,R., Qureshi,AQ. And Siddiqui,W.,2020. In-Vitro antiplatelet aggregation and anticoagulation activity of three extracts of Astragalus Sarcocolla. PJMHS, 14(2):393-6.
- Bilal,R. 2021. Antioxidant activity & pharmacological benefits of Punica Granatum- A review. WJPR, 14(3): 2216-2226.
- Bilal, R. 2021. Punica Granatum (POMEGRANATE): A review on potential role in CoVID-19. Biores., 12 (4): 52-63.
- Ahsan, Z., Hamid, F. B., Batool, S., Muzaffar, B., Zaffar, S., & Bilal, R. (2021). Fight against Covid-19: Nigella sativa, a Potential Curative. Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 33(15), 99-112.
- Munir M, Rasheed H, Khokar M, Khan R, Saeed H, Abbas M, Ali M, Bilal R. Nawaz H, Khan A, Qamar S, Anjum S, Usman M. (2021). Dose tailoring of vancomycin through population pharmacokinetic modelling among surgical patients in Pakistan. Frontiers of Pharmacology, 12:2298. DOI=10.3389/fphar.2021.721819, (Impact Factor =5.8)
- Bilal, R., Ahmad, N. S., Zaffar, S., Mazhar, M. U., Siddiqui, W. A., & Tariq, S. (2022). Rasagiline Pharmacokinetics in CYP1A2 Variant Healthy Smokers & Non-smokers in Different Doses. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 38(3). https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.3.4940 (Impact Factor =2.2)
- Usman M, Shaukat Q-u-A, Khokhar MI, Bilal R, Khan RR, Saeed HA, et al. (2022) Comparative pharmacokinetics of valproic acid among Pakistani and South Korean patients: A population pharmacokinetic study. PLoS ONE 17(8): e0272622. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272622 (Impact Factor =3.7)
- Zaufishan Z, Usman M, Fishan Mumtaz K, Bilal R, Arshad A and Khan HM (2023) Safety, eectiveness and hesitancy of COVID-19 vaccination in children: A cross-sectional study in Pakistan. Front. Public Health 10:1084017. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.108401 (Impact Factor=6.46)